Marimuthu Andiappan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, USA
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, USA
Dr. Marimuthu Andiappan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). His research focuses on plasmonic and Mie resonance-enhanced photocatalysis, solar energy conversion, and sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2013 and previously served as a Research Scientist at Eli Lilly & Company.
Editor, Solar Compass, Elsevier (2026–Present)
NSF CAREER Award, 2022
Ranked 6th at the national level in GATE 2005 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering), placing in the top 0.1% of candidates, organized by the IITs and IISc.
Our group works in the area of plasmonic nanomaterials and high-dielectric metal oxide nanomaterials-based photocatalytic processes, solar energy conversion and storage, sustainable production of fuels, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, and carbon dioxide (CO₂) conversion.